Readers Share the Ways ‘Summer in a Glass’ Has Impacted Their View of Finger Lakes Wine
By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor The emails and comments from readers has already been overwhelming. Lenn thought it would be interesting to share a selected comment from time to time, and we encourage NYCR readers to share their thoughts as...
Times Union New York Wine Club: April 2011 Selections
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor We're getting ready to ship out this month's Times Union New York Wine Club selections and that means it's time to tell you a bit about them We've got some producers that we're including for...
Op-Ed: "Fracking: The Most Urgent Issue in the Finger Lakes Wine Industry" Art Hunt, Owner, Hunt Country Vineyards
Editor's Note: For some background on hydrofracking in the Finger Lakes, please read our previous post on the topic. By Art Hunt, Owner, Hunt Country Vineyards In the fall of 2009, as a member of the Board of Directors of...
Video: Finger Lakes Rieslings on Vine Talk Episode 2
Video courtesy of Vine Talk You may have already heard that Finger Lakes rieslings will be featured on episode 2 of Vine Talk with celebrity host Stanley Tucci. In this first video clip, Ray Isle of Food & Wine introduces...
One Vineyard, Many Winemakers: Evaluating the Differences in 2010 Sawmill Creek Wines
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Some of the 86 acres of vines at Sawmill Creek Vineyards rise so steeply that a machine harvester can not safely venture between the rows. The site on the southeast side of Seneca Lake...
Lamoreaux Landing 2006 Blanc de Blancs
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Why isn't there more traditionally made sparkling wine in the Finger Lakes? Yes, I know it's more expensive to make than many wines. Yes, I know that it requires a serious investment time-wise. And yes,...
The Best Wine Comes From… a Vintage Like 2010?
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor "The best wine comes from a warm vintage in a cool climate." That's something Fox Run Vineyards winemaker Peter Bell is fond of saying. It has practically become a regional mantra. And if Bell...
Red Tail Ridge Winery 2008 Sparkling Teroldego
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor The more wines I taste from Red Tail Ridge on Seneca Lake, the more impressed I am with co-owner/winemaker Nancy Irelan's wines. If Red Tail Ridge isn't in the top tier of Finger Lakes wineries...
Are New York Wineries Leaving Money on the Table?
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Our post last week introducing our "Brian Sedgwick" email project certainly generated a reaction -- good and bad -- from inside and outside the New York wine community. We knew it would get peoples' attention...
The New York Cork Report Tasting Table — March 25, 2011
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor This is a selection of New York wines that have crossed the NYCR tasting table recently but will not be reviewed as part of a standalone post. As always, these are transcribed almost directly from...
April 30: NYCR Wine Tasting Event at Peconic Bay Winery to Benefit Autism Research
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor On Saturday, April 30 from 1-4 p.m. the New York Cork Report, Peconic Bay Winery and Lacrosse for Autism are partnering for a wine-tasting event to benefit The Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities...
Truly Groundbreaking: Cornell Guides Growers In Search of the Right Land for the Right Grape
By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor Photo at right shows the Data Layers map on NYVineyardSite.org; below is Professor Alan Lakso, courtesy Cornell If you have ever thought, even for a brief moment, that owning a vineyard and winery would be...
